MS SB2073

Amends Mississippi compulsory school attendance law to lower the age requirement from six (6) years to five (5) years, making kindergarten-age children subject to mandatory school attendance.

Defines "compulsory-school-age child" as a child who has attained or will attain age five (5) years on or before September 1 and has not attained age seventeen (17) years.

Requires parents, guardians, or custodians to enroll children in public school, charter school, or legitimate nonpublic school, with exemptions for medical incapacity, special education programs, and legitimate home instruction.

Establishes enrollment deadline of fifteen (15) calendar days after the first day of school year; requires reporting of unlawful absences to school attendance officers and permits filing petitions with youth court for non-compliance.

Effective July 1, 2015.